APT28 Credential Harvest
activeEVENT TIMELINE
Password spray detected on VPN gateway (1,247 attempts/sec)
SAML assertion forging attempt detected
CIE: Honeypot credentials deployed to Active Directory
Attacker consumed poisoned credential: svc-backup-01
CIE: Pre-blocked 14 lateral movement paths
LDAP enumeration detected, tarpit activated
Attacker attempting Kerberoasting (trapped in tarpit)
ATTACK NARRATIVE
An AI-driven attacker attributed to APT28 infrastructure initiated a credential harvesting campaign targeting Active Directory service accounts. The attack began with password spray attempts against externally exposed VPN endpoints, followed by exploitation of a misconfigured SAML provider. The Counter-Insurgency Engine detected the initial access within 12ms and deployed adaptive honeypot credentials. The attacker has consumed 3 of 7 poisoned credentials, revealing their lateral movement playbook. Pre-blocking of 14 predicted attack paths is complete. The attacker is currently trapped in a behavioral tarpit designed to waste their computational resources while we map their full infrastructure.